by Luke Taylor
Find the answers to all those questions you were too embarrassed to ask in Sunday School. Welcome to Weird Stuff in the Bible, where we explore scripture passages that are bizarre, perplexing or just plain weird. Hosted by Luke Taylor.
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June 26, 2024
<p>Night of the Living Dead. World War Z. Resident Evil. The Walking Dead. And… Matthew chapter 27. </p><p>What do all of these have in common? They all contain zombies. </p><p>Now, if you don’t believe me that the Bible has some zombies in it, then explain this verse to me. Matthew 27 is about the crucifixion. Now, don’t worry, I’m not about to claim that Jesus was a zombie when He rose from the dead. </p><p>Jesus had a resurrection body. He was a special situation. </p><p>But something else happened when Jesus died on the cross; something you’ve probably read several times before but just never looked at too deeply:</p><p><strong>Matthew 27:52-53<br></strong><br></p><p><strong>52 The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, 53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. <br></strong><br></p><p>What was that again? When Jesus died on the cross, several other random people walked out of their graves and…and then they’re never heard from again?</p><p>We’ll read this in-context in just a moment, but the context doesn’t help a whole lot. This is very random, raises some big questions, and is interested in answering none of them. It just moves right along in the passage and never mentions these zombies again.</p><p>I find this to be weird, and I’d like to explore why it’s in the Bible. </p><p>Turn to Matthew 27, and let’s get weird.</p><p><br></p><p>0:00 - Introduction</p><p>1:40 - Setting the Scene</p><p>5:00 - The Details</p><p>10:15 - Asking the Experts</p><p>21:45 - The Gospel through Zombies</p><p><br></p><p>If you want to get in touch, my email is [email protected]</p><p>Hosted by Luke Taylor</p>
June 19, 2024
<p>Entire books have been written about the thorny theological issue I want to talk about today.</p><p>James chapter 2. At face value, James 2 seems hard to reconcile with the rest of the New Testament. </p><p>That’s because the rest of the New Testament pretty clearly teaches this doctrine of salvation by grace through faith not of works. That’s a direct quote, actually.</p><p><strong>Ephesians 2:8-9 says<br></strong><br></p><p><strong>For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. <br></strong><br></p><p><strong>Romans 4:2-3<br></strong><br></p><p><strong>For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”<br></strong><br></p><p><strong>Galatians 2:16<br></strong><br></p><p><strong>yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ,<br></strong><br></p><p>So it’s like, every page of the New Testament makes this clear: salvation is only by grace through faith. There is nothing you can do to earn your salvation. Works play no part in it.</p><p>And then James comes along and says this in his second chapter,</p><p><strong>Verse 14<br></strong><br></p><p><strong>What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? <br></strong><br></p><p>Wait a second here. Let me read that again. (Re-read it)</p><p>Is James going against Paul? I can’t emphasize enough how much this seems to be saying the exact opposite of so many other verses in the Bible. </p><p>Is James contradicting Paul? Is James contradicting the Bible? Is James contradicting God Himself? </p><p>I find this to be weird, and I’d like to explore why it’s in the Bible. </p><p>Turn to James 2, and let’s get weird.</p><p><br></p><p>0:00 - Introduction</p><p>3:00 - James 2</p><p>6:15 - The Context of James</p><p>11:30 - Going Back to the Greek</p><p>17:00 - Next Time</p><p>20:00 - Closing Thoughts</p><p><br></p><p>If you want to get in touch, my email is [email protected]</p><p>Hosted by Luke Taylor</p>
June 12, 2024
<p>Let’s tackle one of the questions today that no Sunday School teacher wants to get: are Christian women supposed to wear “head coverings” according to I Corinthians 11? </p><p>Because when you read it very simply and plainly, it certainly feels like they should. </p><p><strong>I Corinthians 11:5 says<br></strong><br></p><p><strong>But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head<br></strong><br></p><p>Yikes! We don’t follow that one these days. Christians have all kinds of reasons to disregard some of the bizarre commandments and customs in the Law of Moses. But this one is a New Testament command. And it tells women that they should have some kind of covering over their heads.</p><p>It’s pretty clear. And yet almost no churches today follow this, at least in the Western world. </p><p>And if you ask your pastor or your Sunday School teacher why, they probably aren’t too sure. I mean, it’s right there in the Bible in the New Testament, but we don’t do it.</p><p>I find this to be weird, and I’d like to explore why it’s in the Bible.</p><p>Turn to I Corinthians 11, and let’s get weird.</p><p><br></p><p>0:00 - Introduction</p><p>1:30 - I Corinthians 11 </p><p>6:00 - What is a Covering?</p><p>16:30 - What This Says about Gender and Nature</p><p>25:30 - Closing Thoughts</p><p><br></p><p>If you want to get in touch, my email is [email protected]</p><p>Hosted by Luke Taylor</p>
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